Tech Data promueve a Stephen W. Giese a Vicepresidente Senior de Operaciones

La expandida organización se concentra aún más en optimizar la administración de la cadena de suministro

25 de enero del 2000 - En inglés

CLEARWATER, FL-- Tech Data Corp. today announced the promotion of Stephen W. Giese to senior vice president of sales and marketing operations for the global provider of IT products and logistics services. In his new position, Giese will direct an expanded operations organization with responsibility for optimizing the company's overall supply chain management functions and bolstering Tech Data's back-office support services for business partners. Giese will report to Tech Data's newly appointed President of the Americas, Néstor Cano.

Under Giese's leadership, Tech Data's operations division will boost efficiencies between the company's sales and marketing organizations and accelerate service levels to customers and computer product manufacturers and publishers. As a result of this expansion, the division further integrates business functions including reporting, customer and vendor contracts, product purchasing and vendor returns, and back-office services/process management. Additionally, Giese's team will work with Tech Data business partners to address overall supply-chain management issues.

"As more of our business partners rely on Tech Data to provide back-office support solutions, our ability to deliver excellence in execution of these services has never been more crucial to our success," said Néstor Cano, Tech Data's president of the Americas. "Steve's vast experience and comprehensive understanding of organizational operations will help us strengthen our focus on supply chain management and the core functions our resellers and vendors value most."

Bringing more than 16 years of industry experience to the position, Giese's leadership covers a broad spectrum of general business and management responsibilities, most recently as Tech Data's vice president of product marketing operations. Giese began his career with Tech Data in 1997 as vice president of field sales with responsibility for strengthening Tech Data sales and customer relations throughout the Central U.S. region.

Prior to joining Tech Data, Giese was vice president of sales, corporate accounts West, for Norwood, Mass.-based Corporate Software and Technologies Inc., a global provider of software procurement, deployment, license management and technology services, where he was responsible for the company's sales and marketing efforts. Previous employers also included Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Microsystems Engineering Corp., where he was national sales manager, and Carol Stream, Ill.-based Maremont Corp. where he served as the company's advertising and sales promotion manager. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, Giese earned his bachelor's degree in marketing.

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